Part of it may be sensitivity, but don't I know this too well! You actually make the effort of thinking about others and informing people about a change and instead of a "thank you" you get a "well duh, that's so yesterday's news" (or, on a smaller scale, which happened to a friend on lj just a few days back, find something amusing and post it in your journal only to get a lot of replies along the lines of "duh, I've known that for ages"). There's that vague urge to explode and go "Well then why didn't you tell us yesterday?!"
Of course, I'm kind of in the "well, that's yesterday's news" department when I tried to tell people, got ignored, and half a year later it's all the rage. But unless your supervisor actually sent an e-mail around and now feels frustrated that she got ignored and you sent her the news back, I do agree that her reply was rather rude and, on the whole, unnecessary. There isn't much to do about it other than swallow it and move on, but it's not the kind of thing one needs in all the stress of the pre-Christmas weeks. I think it was very thoughtful to let her know, at any rate. >_>
Can you have your office furniture rearranged so you have the sunglare in your back rather than in your face? In Germany that's actually part of work law, the company has to make people's office space as (reasonably) comfortable as possible...
Meteorologically, Winter has started two weeks ago, so you don't have to go with the 12/21 thing. Besides, the winter solstice is traditionally called "Midwinter", not "Startwinter", isn't it? ;)
I've heard season-appropriate food, such as pumpkin and nuts and lamb's lettuce and white mushrooms, is supposed to help the body to compensate the lack of light and warmth of the winter months. I've been trying that at home but of course here I eat what the family eats (octopus! seaweed! vinegared rice!), so I can't really tell you whether it works...
At any rate, here's wishing you all the best and as much sunlight as possible for the long, dark teatime of the soul. *hugs again*
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Date: 2007-12-14 11:57 pm (UTC)Part of it may be sensitivity, but don't I know this too well! You actually make the effort of thinking about others and informing people about a change and instead of a "thank you" you get a "well duh, that's so yesterday's news" (or, on a smaller scale, which happened to a friend on lj just a few days back, find something amusing and post it in your journal only to get a lot of replies along the lines of "duh, I've known that for ages"). There's that vague urge to explode and go "Well then why didn't you tell us yesterday?!"
Of course, I'm kind of in the "well, that's yesterday's news" department when I tried to tell people, got ignored, and half a year later it's all the rage. But unless your supervisor actually sent an e-mail around and now feels frustrated that she got ignored and you sent her the news back, I do agree that her reply was rather rude and, on the whole, unnecessary. There isn't much to do about it other than swallow it and move on, but it's not the kind of thing one needs in all the stress of the pre-Christmas weeks.
I think it was very thoughtful to let her know, at any rate. >_>
Can you have your office furniture rearranged so you have the sunglare in your back rather than in your face? In Germany that's actually part of work law, the company has to make people's office space as (reasonably) comfortable as possible...
Meteorologically, Winter has started two weeks ago, so you don't have to go with the 12/21 thing. Besides, the winter solstice is traditionally called "Midwinter", not "Startwinter", isn't it? ;)
I've heard season-appropriate food, such as pumpkin and nuts and lamb's lettuce and white mushrooms, is supposed to help the body to compensate the lack of light and warmth of the winter months. I've been trying that at home but of course here I eat what the family eats (octopus! seaweed! vinegared rice!), so I can't really tell you whether it works...
At any rate, here's wishing you all the best and as much sunlight as possible for the long, dark teatime of the soul. *hugs again*